A little hypocrisy (虚伪) is not in itself a serious problem. The real problem is that Western governments continue to insist that they retain control of the key global economic and financial institutions while drifting away from global liberalization. Lock at what’s happening at the IMF (International Monetary Fund) The Europeans have demanded that they keep the post of managing director. But all too often, Western officials put their own interests above everyone else’s when they dominate these global institutions.

    The time has therefore come for the Asians-who are clearly the new winners in today’s global economy-to provide more intellectual leadership in supporting free trade: Sadly, they have yet to do so. Unless Asians speak out, however, there’s a real danger that Adam Smith’s principles, which have brought so much good to the world, could gradually die. And that would leave all of us, worse off, in one way or another.

43. It can be inferred that “protection” (Line 1, Para.1) means________

   A. improving economic efficiency.            

   B. ending the free-trade practice

   C. lowering moral standard                   

   D. raising trade tariffs

44. The Western leaders preach free trade because________

   A. it is beneficial to their economies

   B. it is supported by developing countries

   C. it makes them keep faith in their principles

   D. it is advocated by Joseph Schumpeter and Adam Smith

45. By “the tables have turned” (Line 3-4,Para.2) the author implies that________

   A. the Western leaders have turned self-centered

   B. the Asian leaders have become advocates of free trade

   C. the developed economies have turned less competitive

   D. the developing economies have become more independent

46. The Western economies used to like the idea of “creative destruction” because it________

   A. set a long-term rather than short-turn goal

   B. was an essential part of capitalist development

   C. contained a positive rather than negative mentality

   D. was meant to be the destruction of developing economies

47. The author uses “IMF” was an example to illustrate the point that_______

   A. European leaders are reluctant to admit they are hypocritical

   B. there is an inconsistency between Western theory and practice

   C. global institutions are not being led by true globalization advocates

   D. European countries’ interests are being ignored by economic leaders

48.  Which of the following is true about Asians?

   A. Asians have to speak out the protection

   B. Asians have demand that they keep the post of managers

   C. Asians succeed in today’s global economy

   D. Asians succeed by Adam Smith’s principles

    Passage Four

    We have a crisis on our hands. You mean global warming? The world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who's responsible? Actually, it's more like, What is responsible? The Interact, of course, and everything that comes with it - Facebook, Twitter (微博). You can write your own list.

    There's been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before - there are more and more readers, and more and more books.

    The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book.

    As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past.

    On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long "digests" of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span - that we will be incapable of, reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.

    In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modem technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.

    In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.

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